{"id":105724,"date":"2026-01-20T12:02:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T17:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=105724"},"modified":"2026-01-20T10:15:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T15:15:48","slug":"tarik-skubal-and-tigers-heading-toward-record-setting-salary-arbitration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/tarik-skubal-and-tigers-heading-toward-record-setting-salary-arbitration\/105724\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarik Skubal and Tigers heading toward record-setting salary arbitration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"152\" data-end=\"446\">The Detroit Tigers and pitcher Tarik Skubal are on track for a salary arbitration hearing, and the numbers involved are already making history. The Tigers filed for $19 million, while Skubal\u2019s camp asked for $32 million. That $13 million difference is the largest gap ever in MLB arbitration.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"448\" data-end=\"700\">If the hearing happens, a panel will decide whether Skubal will make $19 million or $32 million in the 2026 season. With Skubal possibly headed for a trade or record-setting free agency, the outcome could have major implications for Detroit\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"702\" data-end=\"1004\">There is a small sign of hope for the Tigers. Skubal\u2019s agent, Scott Boras, says he\u2019s open to negotiating. That could allow Detroit to offer something closer to $32 million and avoid a tense arbitration battle. It\u2019s not clear if the Tigers will do that, but it could make sense to try to reach a deal.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1006\" data-end=\"1229\">Skubal is a two-time AL Cy Young winner. That makes it unlikely he will lose in arbitration. Boras isn\u2019t known for making easy compromises, so Detroit would likely have to get very close to $32 million to finalize a deal.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1231\" data-end=\"1419\">With so much at stake for both sides, baseball fans across the league are watching this situation closely. Skubal\u2019s next move could shape the Tigers\u2019 future and make arbitration history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Detroit Tigers and pitcher Tarik Skubal are on track for a salary arbitration hearing, and the numbers involved are\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":105725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[34040,30965],"class_list":["post-105724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-baseball","tag-tarik-skubal","tag-tigers"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}